It would’ve been embarrassing if our academic standards were lower than OSU’s so Jones not qualifying was ok with me.seeing where he transferred to, he wouldn’t have had much impact.
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It would’ve been embarrassing if our academic standards were lower than OSU’s so Jones not qualifying was ok with me.seeing where he transferred to, he wouldn’t have had much impact.
You can’t blame the NCAA for Sorsby, they ruled him ineligible. It was a judged that is allowing him to play.
I have no idea the specifics. I’m sure your right. The point is, if his grades weren’t good enough to allow him to play at OSU, how was he going to play at RU? It wasn’t like time had passed for anything to change. Ifit was as simple as a summer school class he would’ve just done that at OSU. That’s what I meant. If we found a way to get him eligible that fast it wouldn’t have been the best look.
I don’t know what the thought process was. But it could have been, bring him in even though there are issues with is eligibility, worst case is he redshirts. As it turned out, he did not show enough to bring him back. To me, it was a reasonable gamble. The roster was complete when he was added, so we did not miss out on someone else. It just did not work out.
I think the idea that a lower three point percentage is more acceptable if the volume is high is really dumb.Someone else should be taking some of those shots. Also, if you take 200 threes, there is less pressure on you than if you take 60. Would you rather have one guy shooting 36.7% from three on 198 shots or two guys in his place each shooting 38% on 96 shots, or someone else who is shooting 40% from three on 40 shots take more of the team's threes? The assumption is that JMDavis' three point percentage would go down if he took more threes. I think it goes up slightly - more shots, less pressure on each shot.
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According to the new roster page we have 9 guards(1 walk-on), 2 forwards and 3 centers. 3 guards/wings, 1 forward, 1 center or 4 guards and Big.
By number,
Guards- Francis, Davis, Mark, Powers, Smith Jr, Buchanan Jr, Wooten, Jones, Fradkin
Forwards- Sydnor, Tonejc
Center- Ware, Buca, Gurdak
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By number,
Guards- Francis, Davis, Mark, Powers, Smith Jr, Buchanan Jr, Wooten, Jones, Fradkin
Forwards- Sydnor, Tonejc
Center- Ware, Buca, Gurdak
Men's Basketball Roster - Rutgers University Athletics
The official Men's Basketball Roster for the Rutgers Scarlet Knights
No idea why Buchanan keeps getting listed as a guard. Dude plays the forward position on the court (whether it’s the 3 or the 4), we all know he’s one of our forwards, yet he continually gets listed as a guard. Not a guard.According to the new roster page we have 9 guards(1 walk-on), 2 forwards and 3 centers. 3 guards/wings, 1 forward, 1 center or 4 guards and Big.
By number,
Guards- Francis, Davis, Mark, Powers, Smith Jr, Buchanan Jr, Wooten, Jones, Fradkin
Forwards- Sydnor, Tonejc
Center- Ware, Buca, Gurdak
Men's Basketball Roster - Rutgers University Athletics
The official Men's Basketball Roster for the Rutgers Scarlet Knights
For Pete’s sake, just because he’s not built like a guard, doesn’t play like a guard, can’t dribble like a guard and doesn’t have the skills of a guard, doesn’t mean he can’t self identify as a guard!No idea why Buchanan keeps getting listed as a guard. Dude plays the forward position on the court (whether it’s the 3 or the 4), we all know he’s one of our forwards, yet he continually gets listed as a guard. Not a guard.
No idea why Buchanan keeps getting listed as a guard. Dude plays the forward position on the court (whether it’s the 3 or the 4), we all know he’s one of our forwards, yet he continually gets listed as a guard. Not a guard.
Probably because after J-Mike, Tariq and Lino he would probably have been perceived as the next best ball handler on last year’s team (our traditional 2 guards were really shaky with on ball pressure). It’d be close for that 4th spot between him and Bryce Dortch though (and Dortch clearly not a guard so, then yeah, in that sense your point stands).
He’s not a guard, really nothing more needs to be said beyond that. He’s clearly a forward.
It’s not dumb at all. If you have a player who only shoots three’s when he has plenty of time and is wide open, he is more likely to shoot a higher percentage than if he is more aggressive and takes more challenging three’s.
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This. I’m not intending to crap on J Mike but he was our best percentage 3 point shooter at 35.8% last season. He attempted a total of 159 of them his entire career (32.1% lifetime but never-mind that). He’s improved as a shooter, yes, but he only attempts them when wide open and it would be ludicrous to adopt the assumption that he would maintain his same percentage if he started launching contested long balls, or assume he can suddenly just get open so much more to be able to take way more of the types of shots he’s always taken. Ridiculous.
Rasheed Jones, in contrast, has taken 390 threes over only 2 seasons - made 36.7% of them last season (35.4% over the 2 years). His shooting improved year over year too, but even if you look at the blended average - 35.4% is damn good across all those shot attempts (it’s the equivalent of 53% on 2s).
The guy taking more threes cause i doubt the other 100 shots you’re taking with those two guys are being scored at above 54%, which is the efficiency you’d need to score at to make up for the 100 threes you’re missing from the 36% 3 point shooter. Add on the fact there’s been research into how 3 point volume is actually a better predictor of 3 point percentage than 3 point percentage itself.
Forgot to post this yesterday. Kind of fits the 9 Guards/Wings, 2 Forwards, 3 Centers roster post. Buchanan does play more like a Guard/Wing despite his frame. It will either be Buchanan or Jones(2/3) at that 3rd spot in Nov. Sydnor is a true rebounding forward/4, maybe Smith Jr(3/4)
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Have to believe based on comments from the practice and Pikiel’s apparent preference to rely and players he knows and who know his system that the starting lineup will be Francis, Mark, Buchanan, Sydnor and Gurdak with Davis the first player off the bench. Overall, this should be a much better starting lineup than last year. These five starters will likely deserve to play the bulk of the minutes this coming season.
With Lino Mark’s apparent improvement, our biggest needs were at the 4 and the 5 where it sounds like we have improved with the transfers.
We do also know at least a little bit more now. There’s no universe where we didn’t retain Buchanan at a reasonable price point considering he donated his entire NIL.
With all due respect to Richie and the others who thought we should go after a point guard, I think the reason Pikiel didn’t could be summed up in 4 letters, “Lino,” or 4 completely different letters, “Mark.”
I am not saying, Pikiel isn’t taking a risk going with Mark, given his early season 3 point shooting last year along with unimpressive assist numbers. However, at the end of last season and in the one practice open to the media, his 3 point shooting was impressive. As for the assists, Pikiel and his staff will need to work on that with him, but his assist numbers will likely improve greatly just by having a center who can catch a pass cleanly instead of constantly bobbling the ball along with outside shooters who can consistently hit an open 3. With the center, power forward and outside shooters we had last year, I doubt even Braden Smith would have had impressive assist numbers playing with that team.
Rutgers doesn’t have an unlimited amount of NIL money and if we are going to put the 5 best players out there, you don’t have to be Nostradamus to predict that two of them are going to be Francis and Mark. Getting a starting level point guard would effectively leave one of our two best returning players on the bench.
Watching Mark, I see a player that can drive almost at will with his speed. By making his 3s he will be incredibly difficult to defend. He has Jacob Young type speed and athleticism, but is way more under control.
Personally, I am glad Pikiel is focusing on front court players as the returning backcourt pretty much carried the team last year, while the front court struggled.
I am not saying, Pikiel isn’t taking a risk going with Mark, given his early season 3 point shooting last year along with unimpressive assist numbers. However, at the end of last season and in the one practice open to the media, his 3 point shooting was impressive. As for the assists, Pikiel and his staff will need to work on that with him, but his assist numbers will likely improve greatly just by having a center who can catch a pass cleanly instead of constantly bobbling the ball along with outside shooters who can consistently hit an open 3. With the center, power forward and outside shooters we had last year, I doubt even Braden Smith would have had impressive assist numbers playing with that team.
Rutgers doesn’t have an unlimited amount of NIL money and if we are going to put the 5 best players out there, you don’t have to be Nostradamus to predict that two of them are going to be Francis and Mark. Getting a starting level point guard would effectively leave one of our two best returning players on the bench.
Watching Mark, I see a player that can drive almost at will with his speed. By making his 3s he will be incredibly difficult to defend. He has Jacob Young type speed and athleticism, but is way more under control.
Personally, I am glad Pikiel is focusing on front court players as the returning backcourt pretty much carried the team last year, while the front court struggled.